Chair cushion



Sept. 18, 1928.

J. E. HORN CHAIR CUSHION Filed Sept. 15 1927 2 Sheets-gaat l Sept. 18,1928. 1,684,989

J. E. HORN l CHAIR CUSHION Filed Sept. 15, 1927 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 all ATTURNEY Patented Sept. 18, A1928.

UNITED STATES JACQUE E. HORN, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSGNOR, BY DIRECT ANDMESNE ASSIGN- I uMT1-:NTT oiFFicE.

MENTS, TO EZE CUSHION CORPORATION, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., A CORPORATION OFDELAWARE.

CHAIR CUSHION.

This invention relates to a chair` cushion device, and aimsv to providean improved cushion device especially adapted for the chairs ofgrandstands or auditorinms, opecn busses or other outdoor seats, andmore particularl y to prevent theltheft ofsuch cushions, to protect thecushions from the weather, and to'exact payment for the use of thecushions.

An approved device embodying the invention includes gcushions for theseat and back of the chair, afbox/"for the cushions, most desirablysecured under the seat of the chair, and a vflexible band attached toone of the cushions and secured within the box. An' 'important featureof the invention consists in providing the boxA with a locke d cover.which may be released by the insertion of a coin.

A The. greatest advantages of the invention lie in its application tochairs of the type 1n which the seat of the chair is hinged so that itmay be folded up against the back. A specific embodiment of the ,deviceso .applied is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which:

Fig. 1 is a side elevation of the chair and dcvice sectioned on the line1-1 of Fig. 2, and showing the chair cushions in position to be used; i

Fig. 2 is a front elevationof the chair and device with the cushions inthe same position as in Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is an enlarged fragmentary sectional viewvtaken on the line 1-1of Fig. 2, and showing the cushions in their box;

Fig. f1 is a yfragmentary section taken on the line 4 4 of Fig. 3; and

Fig. 5 is a detail sectional view of an edge portion of the flexible4connecting sheet.

The chair shown in the drawings is of known construction, having a fixedframe providing a back A, legs B, arms C, and a hinged frame includingthc side bai's D pivoted to the fixed frame-at F, and carrying a seatGr.

A thin flat box, or easing, 10 is permanently secured to the bottoni ot'the seat G by screws 'lvlv oi' otherwise. The box completely closedexcept. at its front cud which is provided with a hinged cover 12. liratransverse recess 13 at the middle of the bottoni of the box, an anchor'rod 11 is permanently secured by `Saving itsends fixed in the vsidewalls of the ox. v p' A s eat cushion 15 and a back 4cushion 16 arehinged together and permanently fastened to the box 10 by-means of asheet 17 of iexible material which hasone of its ends secured around theanchor rod 14 and its other end secured to the front edge of the seatcushion 15, Vhile it is within the contemplation of the invention tomake the sheet 17 and the cushions 15 and 16 o f any material desired, afeature of the `invention consists in making the cushions of slabsofsoft rubber, preferably sponge rubber, and making the sheet 17 ofrubberized fabric and extending 1t along the back surfaces of both ofthe cushions, as clearly illustrated in Fig. 1,`to strengthen thecushions and provide the hinge between them. In order to increase thesecur- 'ity against theft of the cushions,the iexible sheet 17 is madepractically non-severable by having combined therewith or embodiedtherein one or more flexible metal strands. A, good way of providing thesheet with such strands is tosecure a light chain or flexible wire 18'in a hein at each of thel'ongitudinal edges of the sheet. One edgeofthel sheet having a hein inclosing such a flexible metal stra-nd isshown in section in Fig. 5. i

An important feature of the invention consists in providing for thecover 12 -a lock 20 which may be released only by the insertion of acoin through a slot 21 in its' front end.

y The use of the device described is as follows: When' a chair is notoccupied, the cushions 15 and 16 are folded together and placed in thebox 10, as shown in Fig. 3, and, under these circumstances, when thedevice is applied to a chair having a folding seat, 'the seat of thechair is customarily folded up against its bac-k so that the front endof the box is readily accessible. A person desiring to use the cushionsdrops a coin in the slot 21, releasing the lock 20, so that the cover 12maybe opened. He then grasps a tab'18 secured at the back lower cornerof the back cushion and pulls the two cushions from the box. Hc thentips down theseat of the chair and places the cushions on the seat andback of the chair, as shown in Fig. 1. After the occupant of the chairhas left, an attendant f as the cushions are pushed into the box. The

attendant then closes and locks the cover 12, so that another coin mustbe inserted before the cushions are used again It should be noted that,while the cushions are readily available to anyone who wishes to v payfor their use, they in no way interfere with use of the seat in theordinary manner by one who does not. The-locking of the lcushions withinthe box prevents theft of the cushions; and the box serves to protectthe ,cushions from the weather when the device is applied, for example,to the seats of an outdoor grandstand or open bus so that theyy providea dry seat in case the chair has become wet.

What I claim is:

1. The combination with a chair, of a box secured fiatwise to the underside of the seat of the chair and having an opening at its front end, apair of cushions hinged together, and a flexibleband secured within thebox land attached to one of the cushions and of suicient length topermit the placing of the cushions on the back and seat of the chairwith the band extending about the front edge of the chair seat and theinsertion of the cushions in folded condition in the box. e

2. The combination with a chair having its seat hinged to turn upwardagainst the back,

s, of a box secured flatwise to the under side of the chair seat havingan opening at its front end provided with a cover, a pair of cushionshinged together, and a non-severable fiexible band extending from thefront endY of the seat cushion and secured within the box and ofsufficient length to permitthe placing of the cushions on the seat andback of the chair secured within the box and of sufcient length topermit the placing of tlie cushion on the chair seat with the bandextending about the yfront edge of the chair seat and the insertion ofthe cushion in the box.

4. The combination with a chair, ofa flat box secured iatwise to thelunder side of the seat of the chair, having an opening at its front'end, and having a transverse groove in the inner surface of its bottomwall, an anchor-l rod secured in said groove,fa chair cushion, and aflexible sheet vhaving one of its ends secured vto the anchor rod andits other end secured to said cushion and of sufficient length to permitthe placing of said cushion on the seat of the chair with the flexiblesheet extending about the front edge of the lfhair'seat and theinsertion thereof in the ox. l

5., The combinationwith a chair, of flat rubber seat and backcushions,.a box for said cushions permanently secured to the under sideofthe seat of the chair, and a non-severable sheet of fabric extendingalong the back surface of both cushions to provide a yhinge between themand extending from the seat cushion and secured within andnearthe'middle of the box and adapted to extend about the front edge of thechair seat when thev placed on the seat and back of 8.5

